Real name: Steve Barnard
Date of birth: 10 Jan 1971
Favourite Mescaleros song: Yalla Yalla
Favourite Clash song played: Rock the Casbah. After the recent Brixton show [24 Nov 2001] Smiley commented," I thought Johnny Appleseed was great, it was definately the highlight of the evening."


Smiley's list of musical involvement is pretty damn impressive. In addition to Joe, he's played with the Mock Turtles, Archive, Robbie Williams, and Squeeze, to name but a few. Archive are a new band out of the Robbie Williams management stable, and are making some big waves.

Smiley is currently working in the studio with Archive. They're working on a film soundtrack and a new album. This will be followed by extensive touring in Europe and America.

The Mock Turtles single featured in the current Vodafone advertisement is out on the 24th Feb 2003, followed by a new album on the 7th March.

One Iota has disbanded and Smiley now has a new project called KERB. They are about to record and should be doing some live dates in Feb...watch this space!

To read Smiley's interview with trakMARX (May 2002) magazine about his time with the Mescaleros CHECK HERE